"Using Air Force lexicon, I would say we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal '22, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff," Maj. Gen. Edward Thomas, head of the Air Force Recruiting Service, said at a conference last week."We're going to be starting 2023 in a tougher position than we started 2022.
Critics have also argued that the military has become"woke" in recent years and that that has contributed to the recruiting struggles, pointing to examples of services offering mandatory diversity and inclusion classes while failing to prepare troops for the realities of combat.
, with thousands of service members in legal limbo while they wait to find out if they will be forced out of the military for noncompliance. Military leaders have responded to the crisis by increasing enlistment bonuses and incentives in a bid to attract a larger pool of applicants, but leaders worry that the military may not be able to compete with private-sector employers in the tight labor market. However, leaders have vowed not to lower standards in an attempt to make up the shortfall.
"We remain committed to maintaining our standards, investing in America's youth, and emphasizing quality over quantity," Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, told the AP.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
HouselyJane I’m too old to join…. Very sad.
Who would enlist w/woke training required?
Go woke blah blah 😒
After Trump called them losers and suckers, I don't blame them for not enlisting. Who wants to die in a greedy old man's war?
How weird when we sending money to Ukraine for their military
I wonder why...
Maybe if you used your armed forces as a DEFENCE force, rather than a blood for oil machine..?
It's simple get rid of the vaccine mandate and put the gays in a seperate unit
Yeah, when unemployment is below 4.0% it’s harder for the recruiters.
As a vet, I don't understand this. Something has changed in the military.
Tough to serve with someone who’s a man but’s not sure if they need to be a woman.
Forced into taking experimental drugs…. Who should be surprised….
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Well when we have school teachers teaching our students to hate America what do you expect?
Force drag queens to join
Who in their right mind would want to enlist while joe is their leader and the command staff wants to train them on wokeness?
Excellent news. Bleed the armed forces dry.
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Thanks to the WOKE military
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No way, people don't want to put their life on the line for greed and lies?
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Are you surprised with these woke commanders.
In front of Sharif_University it looks like a battlefield. Families are very worried. shot sounds is heard. The smell of tear gas is everywhere. No one knows how many students stayed inside and how many people were arrested and injured. MahsaAmini مهسا_امینی OpIran
🆘🆘🆘🆘In Iran’s universities, especially Sharif University, government forces imprison students and threaten them all with death at any moment! Please be their voice and don’t let this massacre happen!!!!🆘🆘🆘🆘 مهسا_امینی MahsaAmini
No one wants to serve this country with crazy pants in office!
Unfortunately the goofballs who are making policy these days make it mandatory that anyone joining any branch of the service must memorize the book of etiquette
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